Describing my classes and teachers Adjective agreement
School materials La pluma/El bolígrafo El lápiz El papel
School Materials El libro El cuaderno La carpeta
School Materials La goma El borrador La mochila
School Materials La pizarra El marcador El Escritorio
School Materials El pupitre Los crayones Las tijeras
School Materials La regla La Mesa La bandera
School Materials La silla La cinta
Describing classes and teachers Dificil – Difficult Fácil – Easy Interesante – interesting Divertido – fun Aburrido – boring Amable – nice
Describing classes and teachers Antipático – mean Estricto – strict Cómico – funny Serio – serious Horrible – horrible Bueno – good Malo - bad
Agreements Each noun in Spanish has a designation of either Masculine, or Feminine. Feminine words have the article LA attached, while Masculine words have the attached article EL. All adjectives, (words that describe nouns) must agree with the gender and number of the adjective.
Ejemplos El chico (boy) La chica (girl) El maestro (male teacher) La maestra (female teacher)
Ejemplos Plural El los La las
Ejemplos El chico es Bueno La chica es buena Los chicos son buenos Las chicas son buenas
¿Cómo se dice? The boy is bad. The boys are bad. Sr. Arciniega is fun. Sra. Clay is fun. The girls are mean.
El chico – The boy Los chicos – the boys Un chico – a boy Unos chicos – some boys El chico cómico – the funny boy Los chicos cómicos – the funny boys Unos chicos cómicos – some funny boys Now, you do the same for girls.
Now, practice the following The Smart boy The bad boys The good girls Some good girls A mean teacher (male) The mean teacher (female) A fun friend (male) Some fun Friends (female)